Aurorarama
A Novel
A seductive and shockingly inventive literary thriller that entwines suspense, history, the supernatural, adventure, steampunk, and a wicked sense of adventure into an intoxicating new genre.EPISODE ONE IN AN ASTONISHING NEW SERIES New Venice--the pearl of the Arctic--is a place of ice palaces and pneumatic tubes, of beautifully ornate sled-gondolas and elegant Victorian garb, of long nights and short days and endless vistas of crystalline ice. But as the city prepares for spring, it feels more like qarrtsiluni-- the time when something is about to explode in the dark. Local poletics are wracked by tensions between the city's security for…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-935554-88-2
- EAN: 9781935554882
- Produktnummer: 15728402
- Verlag: Melville House
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'588 KB
Über den Autor
Jean-Christophe Valtat was educated at the École Normale Supérieure and the Sorbonne. He is the author of three acclaimed books of literary fiction: Album, a collection of short stories, and the novels Exes and O3, the last of which was recently translated into English and published in the United States by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Aurorarama is his first book written in English. Valtat also wrote and co-directed the movie, Augustine. He lives in Paris.
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